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The Long View: Tramp Royale

A fascinating look at a lesser-known Heinlein work of non-fiction. Tramp Royale by Robert A. Heinlein The Berkley Publishing Group, 1992 $18.95, 370 pages ISBN: 0-441-82184-7 So Where Did You Get Your Ideas, Mr. Heinlein? This book is a travelogue of a tour that Heinlein and his wife Virginia

The Long View 2004-08-05: More Corrections

I mostly find the current trans fad a bit misguided, and part of the reason why can be found in the LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE COLLABORATION OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD, written by then Cardinal Ratzinger. The whole

The Long View 2004-08-02: Hellboy & Friends

I greatly enjoy Hellboy as well, and I second John's endorsement. Hellboy & Friends Over the weekend, the Department of Fear and Trembling raised the threat level for certain finance-related buildings in New York, Washington D.C. and Newark (New Jersey). This was the most specific warning the

The Long View 2004-07-30: Some of the Damnedest Things

John missed out on Obama-mania in 2004: hereThe Incredible Hulk Some of the Damnedest Things One can only admire the thoroughness with which the Democratic Party converted itself into the Barracks State Party in the finale to the National Convention in Boston last night. Not in my lifetime has there

The Long View 2004-07-26: Spies & Pigeons, Catholic Tradition, Catholic Muslims, Pre-Fab Politics

Ordinarily, I would trust John's judgment on a matter of legal interpretation, but I do wonder whether his opinion on the Valerie Plame affair was unbiased. We don't have a legal decision to look back on, since the courts declined to take up the charge, although

The Long View 2004-07-22: Usage & Breaking News

The management and mis-management of classified information is a perennial topic. Sandy Berger's conviction is probably typical of the genre. However, these days, the joke would be Hail Hydra. Here is a really bad prediction from John, since it is quantified: Debacle? Custer's Last Stand was

The Long View: Power, Terror, Peace, and War

I occasionally read Walter Russell Mead, because I find his writing interesting. I don't regularly read him, because sometimes I wonder about his conclusions. For example, the idea in Power, Terror, Peace, and War that American foreign policy under George W. Bush was an attempt to refound diplomacy